THANKS to y'all for the 2021 Juke Joint Experience
THANKS to Jaleesa and the whole Shared Experiences USA team for helping make this year's Juke Joint Festival such a fantastic experience!...
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Experience the Delta:
Places to Go and People to See in the Mississippi Delta
Shared Experiences USA started by creating in-person Experiences.
We've now expanded to take the roadtrip online.
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Here's a sample of ways to explore:
Our COVID-friendly roadtrip suggestions, virtual experiences, and stories from the community are
organized like a blog -- just click on the places and themes that interest you.
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- Mar 3, 2021
- 1 min
Strategic planning & Delta crops: all in the timing
It's all in the timing: farmers know the difference a day makes. Plant too early and your fields flood (= fewer seedlings root = lower...
- Mar 1, 2021
- 2 min
Diaper need as a window into poverty: Chelesa & the Delta Diaper Bank in the Washington Post
Heroes being recognized for their work! This is a great article on how "diaper need is a window into poverty." And how Chelesa and the...
- Feb 27, 2021
- 1 min
Good News: Our African American Heritage Map on WREG
Exciting to see Clarksdale on the 6:00 News -- with such good news! Appreciate WREG News Channel 3 coming down from Memphis to cover the...
- Feb 26, 2021
- 3 min
Launching Clarksdale's new African American Heritage Map
We're proud to launch Visit Clarksdale's new African American Heritage Map today! It's been a community collaboration, and will be...
- Jan 27, 2021
- 2 min
Marketplace & MPB: Next Stop...Clarksdale & our live music ecosystem
LOVE Marketplace and MPB. So! proud! that Clarksdale and our work was just featured on both. Marketplace did a story about how...
- Jan 18, 2021
- 3 min
Muddy Waters & Martin Luther King's Blues
Martin Luther King & Muddy Waters' journeys from the Mississippi Delta intersected in the shadow of the Lincoln Memorial in May, 1968....
- Jan 11, 2021
- 2 min
Virtual stroll: Clarksdale's winter wonderland
We went walking in the winter wonderland that was Clarksdale, Mississippi this morning! For those who missed it, here's a virtual stroll...
- Jan 1, 2021
- 6 min
A new year, still Live From Clarksdale
Who knew Live From Clarksdale would live til 2021? Not us! We thought this thing would help keep musicians on their feet for a few...
- Dec 12, 2020
- 1 min
George & Goldie and Delta generosity
QUESTION for anyone who has historic Clarksdale photos, and a story about Mississippi generosity: 1) Anyone have old photos, particularly...
- Dec 5, 2020
- 3 min
Where Ben's Gone
Yesterday Ben Wiley Payton was late for our gig. Ben isn't usually late. So many bluesmen are. So much so, that this wasn't the first...
- Nov 28, 2020
- 1 min
Blues & BBQ at the Crossroads
We're hosting the quintessential Southern show at Abe's BBQ, now #LiveFromClarksdale: Jacqueline "Jaxx" Nassar brings us BLUES & BBQ from...
- Nov 25, 2020
- 1 min
Thanks-giving: Harvest in Mississippi
As we scramble into our kitchens, big THANKS to the farmers scrambling to finish their harvest -- and all American farmers who put food...
- Nov 23, 2020
- 1 min
Creative change in action
Creative change in action: @gzbluesclub has commissioned a massive new mural! They brought in multimedia artist @devin_gerard_liston to...
- Nov 20, 2020
- 2 min
Holiday shopping in downtown Clarksdale
Holiday shopping? Support small business! There's a treasure trove of Delta gems in downtown Clarksdale: Beautiful large handmade bows,...
- Nov 11, 2020
- 1 min
Taps to honor veterans, today and every day
Watermelon Slim plays Taps at almost every show Live From Clarksdale. He's a Vietnam veteran and a bluesman. As he says, "part of the...
- Nov 5, 2020
- 1 min
Griot's annual Fall Feast
We're hosting "Big A" Sherrod & Lee Williams to celebrate the work of Griot Youth Program at their annual Fall Feast,...
- Nov 3, 2020
- 1 min
Voting in Mississippi: then and now
"It's a privilege, it's a right, it's a spiritual necessity:" Brenda Luckett remembers her parents working with Dr. Aaron Henry and...
- Oct 5, 2020
- 7 min
The First Black Sheriff of Coahoma County: John Milton Brown
Guest post by Dr. Bill Sutton Bill Sutton has been leading Habitat for Humanity trips to Clarksdale and Coahoma County with groups of...
- Sep 24, 2020
- 3 min
Babies & Blues: Delta Diaper Needs Awareness
Blues & babies: what do they have in common? Itta Bena, Indianola, Como, Robinsonville... You may've visited The Hollywood Cafe or B.B....
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